Portimonense hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 16th position in the Primeira Liga table. Visiting Rio Ave holds 8th place with 18 pts.
Rio Ave could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primeira Liga game only four sleeps ago.
Portimonense form and stats
Portimonense's struggle is real here at Estadio Municipal de Portimao with only 5 points collected from 6 Primeira Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.
The fans are hoping that Portimonense will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Primeira Liga game against Vitoria Guimaraes (placed 5th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Famalicao in a game that was won 2-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Portimonense have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 1 Lost 0.
Portimonense are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Rio Ave form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Rio Ave are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Rio Ave are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Primeira Liga against Gil Vicente (placed 10th). Prior to that match, the Rio Ave manager Carlos Carvalhal faced defeat when travelling to Sporting Braga and losing 0-2.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rio Ave playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 4 Rio Ave wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Rio Ave has another fixture away, a Taça De Portugal game, against Marinhense in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 7 goals have been conceded by Rio Ave in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Portimonense 3 wins, 1 draw and Rio Ave 6 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 5 goals |  Bruno Moreira 3 goals |  Filipe Augusto 3 goals |
Portimonense missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Portimonense | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 85% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 69% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 54% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 15% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 46% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 38% |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.3 | 6.7 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 148 | 77 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 51 | 141 |
| 42 | 24 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 39 |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 41% |
- Portimonense has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3)
- Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portimonense have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rio Ave have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Rio Ave have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 28 | 36 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Famalicao | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Boavista | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Tondela | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Vitoria Setubal | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 6 |